Matariki Māhutonga City Gallery + Wellington Museum Trip

 We are so INSPIRED after our trip to the City Gallery and Wellington Museum.

City Gallery

We explored the latest exhibition called 'Every Artist'. We were curious about the messages/meaning behind the artwork and enjoyed trying to figure these out throughout the gallery.

We were particularly drawn to Emily Karaka's work which displayed her inspirations for her work. 

We also created our own books for a place to record our inspiration, which I'm sure will be filled soon! 

Wellington Museum

Learning about the history of Wellington/ NZ has been a focus recently. It is great to understand the formation of New Zealand with greater depth. 

'Understanding the mistakes of the past ensures we don't repeat them'  - Lillian 

At the museum we heard more about characters like the Wakefields as well as the sharing of history through the Te Ao Māori lens. We look forward to continuing this learning in the weeks to come.

Te Papa & City Gallery Trip (Māhutonga)

Māhutonga had a great day out in the big city this week. Matariki will follow on Tuesday.

At Te Papa we visited the Mana Whenua and Toi Art Exhibitions.

"I liked the whare, just to sit down and respect our history and ancestors." - Gina 

At the City Gallery, we saw exhibitions of Eva Rothschild and Semiconductor. Afterwards we made some Art with science, as Semiconductor do!

"We started off at the art gallery with a huge structure that you could walk through!" - Solly

Claire from City Gallery introducing us to Eva Rothschild's work.

"It will blow your mind when you see her sculptures. And guess what? The one at the end is an actual curtain! Who knows what is behind it…" Mae S & Sabine

Getting right in to the art of Semiconductor!

"Semiconductor is about sound waves shown in the art of vibrations. The sound waves are caused mostly from eruptions, earthquakes." - Leo

Making art pieces with magnets and UV light

This trip was a fantastic way to not only explore our Inquiry, but also get inspiration for our Arts Celebration, all in one hit. Ka mau te wehi!

City Gallery Visit: From Scratch 555 Moons

Orla: 

On Monday while one group was at Capital E the other was at the City Gallery. We saw an exhibition called From scratch: 555 moons. It was about a band who made all their instruments themselves they made them out of every day items.

Nell and Emelia: 

This week, we went to the City Gallery. Here we went to a exhibition called "from scratch: 555 moons." The reason it was called this is because it was focused on a band called From Scratch and it was all about their music. It was called 555 moons because it has been 555 moon cycles since they have formed. The band is called From Scratch because they make their instruments from scratch using every day materials. They also let everybody join their band even if they don't have a musical talent. For instance one of them was a geologist, another was an architect.  The cool thing about this band is that they play in a position of a symbol that represents their music, such as at one time they put their instruments in the position of a peace sign, because their song was protesting against testing nuclear bombs on Pacific Islands. One of their songs is called Pacific Plate. We went tried out some of the instruments and they sounded amazing.

This is the Rugby Celebration Sculpture near the City Gallery